You might notice there are lots of events around Ramadan, so here is a little about it...

Ramadan is an Islamic holy month in which the Quran (the holy book) was sent down to the prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him). It is obligatory to fast, in which we are permitted to eat and drink at night and not during the day.

The term suhur means before dawn when we eat, and iftar is when we break our fast at sunset.

Fasting was prescribed to the followers of the previous prophets as well (peace be upon them). We ask Allah (s.w.t) for blessings, forgiveness and protection from hell fire.

Fasting is believed to help in piety, patience, self restraint, to be grateful, for healthy mind and body and to glorify Allah (God).

I wanted to share this information because many of you maybe unsure of what Ramadan is. Inshallah (God willingly) it helps to understand a little about it.

I am so pleased to have such wonderful blogging friends from many cultures and religious diversity who are open minded and caring, thank you for the lovely greetings. Peace to all of you :)

This is a very interesting recipe. I cook vermicelli like pan sauteed with vegetables and basmati rice like rice pilaf. This is the first time it is cooked together. I will surely give this a try. I love your post on Fried plantain curry, I never had fried plantain with curry also. These two dishes will be on my "must try" lists.Thank you for sharing.

I too like to roast my rice before cooking...it helps intensify the flavors. The info you shared regarding the holiday was quite interesting and appreciated. I hope you have a lovely and blessed holiday time.

bless you :) i would inshallah give this a try soon. yesterday we made tomato rice with mutton kemma, but things cleared out faster than the camera could :) bright ramadhan blessings to you and family.

This is a simple, yet wonderful recipe, I love it. It reminds me of an old Armenian recipe. This rice and vermicelli combo became the forerunner of the commercial rice a roni product.Blessings on your fasting.

I missed this post - Thank you so much for teaching us about Ramadan. I wasn't familiar with it at all although I heard about it. This is my first time to see rice and vermicelli together. Very interesting!